With a major expansion nearing completion, Highlands County's Children's Advocacy Center will soon truly centralize its staff and most of its agency partners under one roof. ...more

November 19, 2009

Hernando County commissioners have joined their Pasco County counterparts in opposing a utility company's efforts to move into the area. ...more

November 13, 2009

The city council on Thursday asked the city's legal staff and police marine unit to devise a strategy to persuade the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to take a new look at allowing an ordinance setting speed limits and a no-wake zone on an approximately mile-long stretch of the Hillsborough River. The city can approve an ordinance, but officials say the state probably would nix it because of a lack of statistics showing accidents, injuries or fatalities. ...more

July 18, 2009

Every year, the Hillsborough County School District sends Tampa, Plant City, Hillsborough County and the Florida Department of Transportation a laundry list of areas deemed hazardous for children who don't qualify for busing and have to walk to school. ...more

February 16, 2009

Every year, the Hillsborough County School District sends Tampa, Plant City, Hillsborough County and the Florida Department of Transportation a laundry list of areas deemed hazardous for kids who don't qualify for busing and have to walk to school. The hazards include streets where there are no sidewalks, busy intersections and traffic chocked roads that school officials want the DOT and local governments to improve. ...more

February 15, 2009

For 21 years, Lex Salisbury was the future of Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 18, 2008

Newcomers are challenging longtime incumbents in two of the three elections for constitutional offices in Pinellas County – the race for sheriff and for supervisor of elections. ...more

October 20, 2008

City Commissioner Peter Dalacos wants to tackle the issue of whether Wal-Mart's development agreement with the city to build a store on U.S. 19 has expired. ...more

October 6, 2008

If the county worker who was fired for reportedly asking another county worker for sex has provided the county with an explanation, the county isn't releasing it to the media. ...more

September 13, 2008

Trendy restaurants, boutiques and coffee shops often are at the top of residents' lists when talking about the neighborhood's development. ...more

July 30, 2008